Machine for boxing or casing cans



Julie- 28 1927,

" A'. H. KYLER MACHINE FOR BOXING 0R cAsING CANs Filed Jul)r 6, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Javento@ June 28 1927. 1,634,031

A. H. KYLER MACHINE FOR BOXING OR CASING GANS Filed July e. 192e 2 'sheets-sheet 2 Patented June 28, 1927.

UNITED STATE/s ALBERT H. KYLER, 0F WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.

MACHINE FOR BOXING OR CASING CANS.

Application flied July e,

'lhis invention relates to improvements in machines for boxing or casing cans, the object of the present invention being to provide simple and efficient means to facilitate removal of filled boxes or cases.

`With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel .features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying` drawings;

Figure 1 is a view illustrating an appli,- cation of my improvements;

Figure. 2 is a. plan view of the carriage and tilting platform carried thereby;

Figure 3 is a view in section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a. bottom plan view of the carriag-e;

Figure 6 is a view in perspective showing the carriage and illustrating the platform in the tilted position which it will assumewhen a filled box or case is to be removed from the carriage, and

Figure 7 is a detail View.

ln Figure 1 of the drawing, I have shown my improvements as employed in a boxing or casing machine o-f the type shown by Patent No. 1,507,387 granted to me on the 2nd day of September 1924, and it isv not deemed necessary torherein describe the mechanism except such features as those with which my improvements cooperate. Sutiice it to say that the frame 1 in which the cans are assembled preparatory to being discharged into a box or case, includes superimposed series of arms 2 and parallel bottom angle-iron or channeled arms 3 having inverted V-shaped cross section, and they are spaced apart in such manner as to form a series of trough-like guides for cans when the latter are forced forwardly by the operh ation of a pusher 4. The grooves 5 formed by the arms 3 are closed at their forward ends, as at 6.

Angle-iron rails 7 project from the work below the assembling frame. The lower inwardly projecting members of the rails 7 have secured thereto, traclrways 8 for the accommodation of a carriage 9 to receive a packing box or case 10. The carriage may comprise a rectangular frame including front and rear bars 11, 12 andside bars 13, and near the corners of the carriage frame- 1926. Serial No. 120,742.

thel carriage is moved forwardly to present a packing box or case about the assembling frame for rerceivlng a supply of cans. These screws, in cooperation with the closed 6 of the grooves. 5 provide stop me:v limit the forward movement of the carriage. and by causing said screws to move in the grooves 5 of the arms 3, the latter will be engaged by said screws and the carriage will thus be prevented from tilting when a filled box or case is being removed from the carriage aft-er the latter shall have been withdrawn. i

Arms 18 are seemed to theA rear bar 12 of the carriage and these arms are provided at their rearwardly projecting ends with sleeves which form bearings 19 disposed parallel with the carriage bar 12 to receive a hinge pin 20 which connects a tilting platform 21 with the rear portion of the carriage frame. This platform vis `disposed over the carriage from and may comprise a plurality of bars 22, 22 and 23 and a connecting plate 24, the latter being secured by lbolts 24a and the bars 1.5 being provided with holes 24b lto receive the heads of certain of said bolts. The hinge pin 2Ov may be carried by the bars 22i 22 through the -medium of brackets 25 secured to said bars. The brackets 25 are provided with depending hollow members 26 which may be used as handles and they .also serve as mountings for stop pins 27 and to house springs 28 which cooperate with said pins in a manner to cause them normally to project somewhat above the plane of the carriage but permit them to yield when a filled box or case is being removed.

After a. box or case has been filled, the operator will move the carriage baclrwardly and then tilt the same and the platform until they assume a posit-ion of approxr mately forty-live degrees, the limit of tilting movement being controlled by a chain or other flexible means 29 connected with said tilting platform and the carriage frame. The operator may now conveniently remove il O the filled box or case, and the simultaneous depressing of the stop pins 27 by the box or case Will facilitate the removing of the latter. During such tilting of the platform and the filled box or case thereon, tilting of the carriage Will be prevented by engagement of the screws 17 With the channeled arms 5, as previously explained.

Having fully described my invention what i claim as new and desire to secure by Lettirs-Fat-ent, is

l. In a. machine of the character described.I the combination With box filling means, and a carriage movable to and from the filling means, of means to permit the tilting o f a box on the carriage for facilitating removal cf a filled box from the carriage.

2. ln a machine of the character described, the combination With box filling means, and a carriage movable to and from the filling means, of a tilting member on the carriage to receive the and permit tilting of the sam-e to facilitate removal of a filled box from the carriage.

3. ln a machine of the character described, the combination with box filling means, and a carriage movable to and from the filling means, of a tilting member on the carriage to receive the box and permit tilting of the same to facilitate removal of a filled box, and means for limiting the tilting` movement of said member relative to the carriage.

4. ln a machine of the character described, the combination with box filling means.y and a carriage movable to and from the filling` means, of a tilting platform linged to the rear portion of the carriage and positioned to receive a box and permit tilting' of a filled box to facilitate removal of the same.

5. ln a machine of the character described, the combination with' box filling means, and a carriage movable to and from the filling means, of a tilting platform hinged to the rear portion of the carriage and positioned to receive a box and permit tilting of a filled box to facilitate removal of the same, and means t prevent tilting of the carriage.

(3. ln a machine of the character described, the combination with a can astembling frame including bottom arms and a carriage to receive a box, of arms projecting from said carriage, members carried by said arms and engaging under said bottom arms ci the assembling` frame to prevent tilting of the carriage, and a. tilting platform carried by said carriage.

T. In a machine of the character described, the combination With a can assembling frame including bottom, inverted channeled arms closed at their forward ends, and

a carriage to receive a box, of arms project- .ing forwardly from said carriage, and npvxardly projecting members carried by said last-mentioned arms and entering said inverted channeled arms of the assembling frame.

8.111 a machine of the character described, the combination with box filling means, and a carriage to receive a box, of a box-supporting platform hinged to the rear portion of said carriage and adapted to be tilted to facilitate removal of a filled box, brackets projecting rearwardly vfrom said platform, and stop pins carried by sai-d brackets.

S). ln a machine of the character described, the combination With box filling means, and a carriage to receive a box, of a box-supporting platform hinged to the rear portion of said carriage and adapted to be tilted to facilitate removal of a filled box, brackets projecting rearwardly from said platform, said brackets having hollow depending members, stop pins entering said depending members, and spring in said depending members yieldingly supporting said stop pins. Y

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specication.

A. H. KYLER. 

